Gwydion M. Williams Born in 1950, I remember how different the world was in the 1970s. Communist parties were powerful in most of Western Europe, and the British Communist Party was very influential despite a lack of electoral success. At that time, many in Eastern Europe wanted Reformed Communism rather than a surrender to Western values, the … Continue reading Leninist Communism – A Better History that Failed to Complete Itself
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An Unknown Victory of Working class struggle
John Clayden My father Harry Clayden was born in 1905 his mother my grandmother was born in the poor house where her mother, who was a servant girl, was incarcerated. My grandmother later married dad's father who was a carter who died in a flu epidemic just before the first world war. At thirteen my father had … Continue reading An Unknown Victory of Working class struggle
Trotskyism – a Century of Failures
By Gwydion M. Williams The Problem of Political Compromise Lenin’s Militarised Socialism Trotsky In The Middle, With Egoism Making Soviet Democracy Unworkable Trotsky as an Obstructive Opposition Further Reading The Problem of Political Compromise Trotskyists imagine themselves as leaders of World Revolution, and it is sheer fantasy. But it means that they confidently oppose and undermine … Continue reading Trotskyism – a Century of Failures
Anglo Guilt for Hitler’s Power – Part One
By Gwydion M. Williams Unusual German Guilt? A War to Reverse Previous Wars Russia shall have Constantinople The Necessity of a Mixed Economy Unusual German Guilt? That Germany became fascist and that Britain’s imperial elite helped the anti-fascist cause was an accident of history. An accident that also wounded the British Empire; hurt it so badly … Continue reading Anglo Guilt for Hitler’s Power – Part One
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